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The state Board of Education on Tuesday voted in favor of a recommendation to “use its enforcement powers” against Alachua County Public Schools after the district defied a statewide order to allow students to opt out of wearing a face mask without a doctor’s note.
The Jacksonville doctors were once hopeful of the parental opt-out mask policy the Duval County School Board approved two weeks ago.
The new school year is here in Broward County as students return to campuses Wednesday for the first day of classes.
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As the state Board of Education agreed it will use enforcement powers against Alachua County Public Schools over its mask mandate, the school board voted to extend the district’s mandate eight more weeks.
State Education Board Chairman Tom Grady said the board could withhold salaries or remove officers over mask rules. The board did neither.